https://econpointofview.com/tags/constitutions/ Recent content in Constitutions on Econ Point of View Hugo -- gohugo.io Thu, 10 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://econpointofview.com/blog/the-economics-of-constraining-leviathan/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://econpointofview.com/blog/the-economics-of-constraining-leviathan/ While everyone is busy making sense of the election, I figured I would stop on by ye ole blog and talk about something completely unrelated… A question I have thought a lot about lately is how can institutions evolve or be designed as to constrain Leviathan. For those of you who forgot your Hobbes, remember, Leviathan is the all-powerful government which people empower so that we can stop killing each other in a state of nature.